The protest of truckers over the lack of diesel in Tucumán began on Tuesday. photo by Reuters
The Association of Freight Carriers of Tucumán (ATCT), which is carrying out an indefinite strike to claim the lack of diesel and the equalization of its price with Buenos Airesannounced this Thursday that they will ease the protest so that the mills can resume sugar collection.
This was announced by the body after the governor of the province, Osvaldo Jaldo, said on Wednesday afternoon a meeting with references from all local production sectors.
The force measure that began at 0:00 on Tuesday caused the sugar harvest to be disrupted in Tucumán and other productive sectors in the province.
Through a statement, released last Tuesday, the Sugar Center had stated that “despite the measures taken by the industry to tackle the harvest with the necessary provisions in terms of energy supply and inputs, Tucumán had to stop the harvest due to the carrier strike affecting the province.
“As a government we were prepared and we wanted this not to happen, which is why, together with representatives of industrialists, sugar cane and lemon growers, we had a meeting with the head of the ATCT, Eduardo Reinoso“Jaldo said at the press conference.
Truckers, on the side of the road, in Tucumán on Wednesday. photo by Reuters.
The governor noticed thisthe transport authorities have entered into a commitment with the provincial government carry out publicly known actions – with reference to the strike -, but respecting free movement of Tucumani throughout the province “.
The meeting “focused on specific activities: the transport of cane sugar, lemon and cereals “He added.
The provincial president stated that “since it is an agreement between private individuals, the provincial government was the bridge, We try to mediate and invite the parties to reach a peaceful solution before and after the strike.
“It is a carrier problem with those at the forefront of our regional economies, however, Tucumán has continued to function,” Jaldo stressed.
For his part, Eduardo Reinoso indicated: “We have been talking for more than 20 days with the problem of transport, in this context we have had several dialogue tables between the production sector and the government, but since we have not reached an agreement, the sector has decided to protest “.
Agreement on the fee
In addition, he said: “yesterday we had a meeting with the industrial, agricultural and citrus sectors, there was excellent dialogue with the sugar sector, which is very willing to negotiate a tariffsince Governor Jaldo, as well as Nation, we’re asking for federal fuellike the one in the Federal Capital. “Presumably, this Thursday they will finish negotiating for a fee with the canimen to continue with the harvest in the province.
The president of the Act announced that Jaldo “has made a commitment to travel together with the nation to propose the parity of the price of diesel with Capital.
“As the the citrus and cereals sector opposes the agreement on a tariff, lThe associates will continue on the roadside with an indefinite protest applied to those activities in particular ”, he clarified, then some trucks will continue on the roadside.
For the whole situation to normalize, Reinoso said that “it must happen that all sectors of the province have the same shares as the sugar sector. Let them prepare and collaborate with the province to be able to go out to work and solve all the activities “.
“That all sectors come out to offer a good transport rate so we can all go to work. The problem is the tariff which is not in line with the new diesel prices “hill.
With information from Telam
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Source: Clarin
